diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index fcb35fc41a6..a33cda43758 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -5297,9 +5297,6 @@ async def _virtual_key_max_budget_alert_check(
 
 
 def _effective_team_member_budget(budget: LiteLLM_BudgetTable, now: datetime) -> float | None:
-    """Per-member cap including an unexpired temp_budget_increase. Naive
-    temp_budget_expiry values are treated as UTC (same convention as
-    _get_temp_budget_increase for keys)."""
     if budget.max_budget is None:
         return None
     if budget.temp_budget_increase is None or budget.temp_budget_expiry is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
index fbaa8c371f2..a773a75eb1e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
@@ -8531,7 +8531,6 @@ async def test_team_member_budget_check_temp_budget_increase_extends_cap():
             return 150.0
         return fallback_spend
 
-    # $150 spend is over the $100 cap but under the $200 temp-extended cap.
     with (
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.get_current_spend", mock_get_current_spend),
         patch(